TeXLive 2011: pdfLaTeX does not convert eps to pdf for eps files in subdirectories

Question

As from 2010, TexLive has been converting .eps files directly to pdf file if the compilation is done with PDFLaTeX. Thus a file named

coilsans.eps

will be automatically be converted to a file named

coilsans-eps-converted-to.pdf

However I find that the conversion is done if the .eps file is located in the root directory as the main .tex file. If the .eps files happen to be located in another folder, then PdfLaTeX complains e.g.

! Package pdftex.def Error: File `../test/classi-eps-converted-to.pdf' not  found.

See the pdftex.def package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

l.130 ...ludegraphics[scale=1]{../test/classi.eps}
                                              }
? 

Process has been terminated ...

How to instruct PDFLaTeX to search in the right directories?

Answer 1

Add the option -shell-escape to your compilation options.

Alternatively, instead of having the EPS images in a folder at the same level (but in a different subdirectory), you could just place it in a subdirectory of your root .tex file. Then pdflatex will not complain about the conversion and inclusion of EPS files.

Answer 2

Try this kind of folder structure. I had the same error but overcome by using like this.

\chapter{Introduction}
\ifpdf
    \graphicspath{{Introduction/IntroductionFigs/PNG/}{Introduction/IntroductionFigs/PDF/}{Introduction/IntroductionFigs/}}
\else
    \graphicspath{{Introduction/IntroductionFigs/EPS/}{Introduction/IntroductionFigs/}}
\fi